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USA Junior Olympic Volleyball - Delta Region
Officiating duties consist of scorekeeping and refereeing.
All referees and scorekeepers are required to:
1. Take and pass an online test by achieving the minimum test score or better.
2. Attend an annual club clinic.
3. Be rated.
Each team in the Delta Region is required to have at least two certified referees and one certified
scorekeeper; however, to prevent one or two players on each team from becoming overburdened
with officiating, Little Rock Juniors requires each 15, 16, 17 and 18 year old team to have at
least three certified referees and three certified scorekeepers for each team.
Attention Parents in age groups 13 and 14: Little Rock Juniors will pay the $51.00 fee to register
ONE parent from each team with Delta Region to become a certified scorekeeper (the fee includes
USAV membership and a background check) . Your team's coach will be responsible for fulfilling the
referee requirements in these two age groups.
All referees and scorekeepers are required to:
1. Take and pass an online test by achieving the minimum test score or better.
2. Attend an annual club clinic.
3. Be rated.
Each team in the Delta Region is required to have at least two certified referees and one certified
scorekeeper; however, to prevent one or two players on each team from becoming overburdened
with officiating, Little Rock Juniors requires each 15, 16, 17 and 18 year old team to have at
least three certified referees and three certified scorekeepers for each team.
Attention Parents in age groups 13 and 14: Little Rock Juniors will pay the $51.00 fee to register
ONE parent from each team with Delta Region to become a certified scorekeeper (the fee includes
USAV membership and a background check) . Your team's coach will be responsible for fulfilling the
referee requirements in these two age groups.
Officiating Requirements:
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Club Rules Pertaining to Officiating: (Effective 1/12/2007)
The following guidelines have been approved by the Little Rock Juniors Board of Directors and should
be followed during all games in which Little Rock Juniors teams officiate. These guidelines are
intended to promote Little Rock Juniors' commitment to quality officiating.
1. Food shall not be eaten or kept on the scorekeeper's table either prior to or during a match.
2. Only drinks with screw on lids shall be permitted around the scorekeeper's table. Drinks should be
kept on the floor - not on the scorekeeper's table.
3. Only players and/or parents officiating a game (or observing the officiating) and their coach shall
be allowed to sit at the scorekeepers' table.
4. Players officiating a game shall not talk on cell phones or participate in any other activiity that
could distract them during the time they are officiating.
5. The assistant scorekeeper shall confirm the sore on the flip cards to the score maintained on the
official score sheet after each point throughout the game. If a discrepancy exists, the official score
sheet shall dictate the score.
6. Junior line judges and referees shall be dressed in the club's authorized uniform or appropriate
warm-up attire. For safety reasons line judges are encouraged to wear volleyball shoes or other
appropriate tennis shoes. House shoes or bare feet shall not be permitted.
7. During timeouts, line judges shall stand at the center of the baseline on their side of the respective
court. Peppering or any other activity with the game ball shall not be permitted.
8. Line judges shall call the ball in or out immediately after the play. Line judges are not responsible
for retrieving the ball between rallies although assisting a team if the situation allows is permitted.
9. The coach for the officiating team shall sit at the scorekeeper's table to supervise the officiating
unless serving as a referee.
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The following guidelines have been approved by the Little Rock Juniors Board of Directors and should
be followed during all games in which Little Rock Juniors teams officiate. These guidelines are
intended to promote Little Rock Juniors' commitment to quality officiating.
1. Food shall not be eaten or kept on the scorekeeper's table either prior to or during a match.
2. Only drinks with screw on lids shall be permitted around the scorekeeper's table. Drinks should be
kept on the floor - not on the scorekeeper's table.
3. Only players and/or parents officiating a game (or observing the officiating) and their coach shall
be allowed to sit at the scorekeepers' table.
4. Players officiating a game shall not talk on cell phones or participate in any other activiity that
could distract them during the time they are officiating.
5. The assistant scorekeeper shall confirm the sore on the flip cards to the score maintained on the
official score sheet after each point throughout the game. If a discrepancy exists, the official score
sheet shall dictate the score.
6. Junior line judges and referees shall be dressed in the club's authorized uniform or appropriate
warm-up attire. For safety reasons line judges are encouraged to wear volleyball shoes or other
appropriate tennis shoes. House shoes or bare feet shall not be permitted.
7. During timeouts, line judges shall stand at the center of the baseline on their side of the respective
court. Peppering or any other activity with the game ball shall not be permitted.
8. Line judges shall call the ball in or out immediately after the play. Line judges are not responsible
for retrieving the ball between rallies although assisting a team if the situation allows is permitted.
9. The coach for the officiating team shall sit at the scorekeeper's table to supervise the officiating
unless serving as a referee.
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